Show Off Your Upholstery

[Esser]

I know this is a way off for me but I have been thinking about what I wanted to do for my upholstery. I thought it would be nice to have everyones pictures in one place. So post your pictures and provide some details on material etc. Looking forward to seeing them.

[ken nougaret]

i'd like to see this thread get lots of replies too.
ken

[vixenrookie]

me three, exspecially custom done upholstery or homemade. im at that point in my build, do i buy from kitfox? have it done? do it myself? $$$$$$$

[Dave S]

Esser & all,

We went the route of making our interior. Seat cushions, console cover, door panels. Shopping around for materials and DIY definetly is the least expensive.

Total out of pocket was less than $75. I don't have any good photos; but, the foam and zippers for the cushions were the most expensive part. Got some remnants from the fabric/upholstery shop (they have surprisingly large pieces of good quality fabric left over from large rolls at bargain prices) .......was able to find the right color.... a plain gray plus a ribbed fabric with a slightly darker color of gray...all of which matched up with the gray lacquer I used on the seatpan and glareshield.

Fortunately a Kitfox has pretty straightforward interior upholstery needs with flat/square and other uncomplicated shapes.

Used the two styles of gray fabric for the seat cushions and sewed in zippers so the seat covers could be removed from the cushions for washing if I spill my coffee.

Door panels used the same two styles of gray fabric sewed to match the lines of the cushions. For the door panels, just laminated the fabric onto a thin aluminum sheet to fit between the square door frame tubes.

Also fabricated some boots for the control sticks out of the plain gray fabric.

Center console was covered with matching gray Marine vinyl (the coffee thing again....) and attached with an appropriate adhesive (gorilla snot, AKA contact cement.....holds better than upholstery spray glue).

All depends what a person has and wants to do; but, making the interior yourself is definitely the least expensive way to go on out of pocket.

Sincerely,

Dave S
KF7 Trigear
912 ULS Flying

[MotReklaw]

We didn't make ours this time. Was expensive, but looks good. I just got it yesterday and laid it all out on the ground. I'm don't know what some of the pieces are, but I'm sure they go somewhere.

[chefwarthog]

It's look very nice..... but the back cushion seem a bit thin...an inch or so?

[Paul Z]

Mine look like this. My daughter gave me Snoopy when I purchased the plane. High tech boost to allow me better sight picture since we converted her to a Tail Dragger is from an REI blow up pad about 1 inch thick.

We didn't make ours this time. Was expensive, but looks good. I just got it yesterday and laid it all out on the ground. I'm don't know what some of the pieces are, but I'm sure they go somewhere.